Volunteers assemble new playground at George Washington Elementary School

A group of volunteers including, parents, school staff, Mayor Tom Roach and number of recruits from the Marine Corps Recruiting Office in White Plains turned out earlier this month to put up a new playground at the George Washington Elementary School.

Photos by Renee Montee

About 40 volunteers worked six hours to put together the Playworld Systems structure, which will serve the school’s 720 students along with hundreds of kids who play there after school and on weekends.

George Washington parents raised money for several years to buy the new equipment, taking part in a memorial brick campaign, student pajama days, an annual tag sale and other fun raising events.

Rich Liebson grew up on military bases in the U.S. and Germany as the son of an Air Force master sergeant. After serving four years in the U.S. Army he was hired as a part-time reporter in 1983 and promoted to full-time in 1985. He's had a number of beats over the years including education, municipal government and public safety. He's also been a columnist and city editor for central Westchester. Rich lives in White Plains.